The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-06
claimants have failed to show either
an equitable or legal title.
GARNET HIrYINa.

MI tho MCuluCAS M0ID BACEonL Nv
the Cabinet meeting today. A ques-
ton considered was in regard to the
tranaer OF certain hostile Apaches to
q public reservation near Mobile, Ala.
The effeLt OF the failure OF the general
deficiency bill upon the business Of
the government during the remainder
OF the present fiscal year was infor-
mally considered. A statement will
be prepared showing the exact situa-
ton Of affairs in this regard in each
department. I. wss decided that the
Cabinet 81 all meet hereafter at IL
o'clock on Tuesdays and Thursd avs,
inetead OF at noon. The change, which
only applies to the recess OF Congress,
is made for the purpose OF giving the
heads OF departments more time dur.
ing the afternoon for the considera-
ton OF their mail.
IN THE MATTER or THE RESTORATION OF
LANDS
granted to aid in the construction OF a
railroad and teleg aph line from Port.
land to Astoria, and fom Forest g rove
TO McMinnville, in the State OF Ore.
gon, as provided by the act of for'ai-
ture approved January 81, 1885, the
Secretary Of the Interior has decided
on the appeal OF the Oregon and Cali
fornia Railroad Company, to adhere
to the instructions issusd July 8, 1886.
In determining what lands shall bs
restored as adjacent TO and cotermin-
Gus with the com pleted portions OF
the road" it is held that these lines
form two distinct roads, and the lands
lying north west Of Forest Grove, in
the quadrant formed by the mseting
OF the separate gTsdts, should be 10
stored to the public domain Gs not
lying opposite to and coterninous
with any portien OF constructed road.
This decision will affect the disposition
Of about 376,0O0 acres of land.
NEW ENTRIES FROM OHIO, LOUISIANA
AND DAKOTA,
anticipated by telegraph, were today
received at the headquarters of the
National drill. Among the visitors
was Gen. Charles J. Anderson, OF
Richmond, commander OF the Fret
Brigade Of Virginia Volunteers. He
had a long conference with Gen, Ord
way and Manager Do Leon, and OK.
pressed himself emphatically as ap.
proving the position OF the committee
with reference to allowing colored
companies 10 participate in the drill.
Gen. Anderson commands the Fret
Brigade Of Virginia, in which are the
two colored State guard companies,
whose auticipated.presence caused the
i'll feeling in Montgomery. The Gen.
erAl says he will bring the whole bYi-
gade, horse, foot and artillery, amount
ing to about thirty comp snies and five
batteries of artillery. Adjutant Gen
eIal Jones, Of North Caroline, has
again visited the headquarters and
expressed strongly his approval OF the
position taken by the management on
this question. He Gays they could
have taken no other position in a ma
tional drill, and thai law, reason and
ustice are all on their side.
AMERIoAN VESSELS AFLoAT.
Something was ssid In this corre-
spouasnce a few days ago scclt the
number Of American vessels % at as
shown by the HsIne Re9ister. l was
asking the head of the Bureau OF Nav
igation, Col. Morton, about them and
the business they arc doing.
These tbaS are engaged in the
trade" he esid, "are doing
pretty we'll. This ia especially true OF
those on the lakes. The vessel masters
on the seacoast are doing Early; those
on the lakes are doing splendidly.
1here 10 quite o boom in lake ship.
ping. and lots of new vessels are be-
ing built for the lake trade"
"Do the vessel builders of this coun-
try do good work, ~ good as those of
Europe, for instaDce"
"Yes, better. There are no better
sailing vessels in the world than those
built in the United States. There was
launched up in Maine the other day
az foe four masted sailing vessel for
freight business as was ever built any
whore. In fact, the general run of
sailing vessels now built in this CCun-
try Ia away beyond that Of other coun-
tries in point of construction aud GALL
Ing qualities"
"how does 1t happen, then, that our
shipping interests ara reported in Euch
a bad way"
These reports relate 10 the condition
Of the foreign trade, the shipping
between this country and other
This branch of our ship
ping is Ia bad way. They are COM
PEELED, when they go into this genera
business, to carrying freightst to Europe
Tor instance, to enter into competition
with the cheap labor and cheap
vessels Of the old countries, aud with
the iron steamships, which now run
everywhere and are go largely aided
by government subsidies. We do
nothing OF this sort for our shipping
interests, but lavish tnis subsidy on
eur railroads, II the government had
done one fourth for tho shipping in
terests what ii has done for the rail-
roads in the pest twenty. Ave years, il
would have been very different with
The shipping interests to-day. They can
build vessels mole cheaply abroad than
We can, and run them more chtaply,
too. Material is cheaper, and the
labor for building and running them
Is cheaper. Then add to that the
government aid that m.ny of them
get, and 1t is easy to see why they can
carry freights at 30 low rate"
"But the coasting trade is not at.
fected by these isctsP'
mo, because the lSw does not per-
nit foreign vessels to enter into this
,ossting trade. That ia reserved es-
peoially for our own vessels, and II is
only this that enables them to do 80
well in the coasting trade"